The Yonkers Trot is a harness racing event for three-year-old Standardbred trotters raced at a distance of one mile at Yonkers Raceway in Yonkers, New York. The race was created in 1955 to join the Hambletonian and the Kentucky Futurity to form the new United States Trotting Triple Crown.
Historical race events Driven by Joe O'Brien, California runner Scott Frost followed up his victory in the Hambletonian Stakes with a win in the 1955 Yonkers Trot inaugural. The colt went on to win the Kentucky Futurity to become the first winner of the Trotting Triple Crown.Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame bio for Scott Frost Retrieved September 23, 2016
In 1967, eight of the thirteen Yonkers Trot runners broke stride helping Harry Pownall drive longshot Pomp to victory.Harness Racing Update.com September 2, 2016 article titled "Hollywood's Hits: Yonkers Trot through the years" Retrieved October 19, 2016
Reminiscent of the day when Ron Turcotte aboard the legendary Thoroughbred Secretariat obliterated the Belmont Park track record by 2 3/5 seconds in winning the 1973 Belmont Stakes, in 1977 Billy Haughton drove Green Speed to a new Yonkers Trot record by the same 2 3/5 seconds margin.Harness Racing Update.com September 2, 2016 article titled "Hollywood's Hits: Yonkers Trot through the years" Retrieved October 19, 2016
The 2000 Yonkers Trot saw Jacqueline Ingrassia become the first female driver to ever win a leg of a harness racing Triple Crown event when she guided Goalfish to victory.New York Times August 27, 2000 article titled "Ingrassia Is First Woman To Win the Yonkers Trot" Retrieved October 17, 2016
In 2016, Paula Wellwood became the first female trainer to win not only the Yonkers Trot but the U.S. Trotting Triple Crown with Marion Marauder.Harness Racing Update.com October 14, 2016 article titled "Hollywood's Hits: A deeper look at Marion Marauder's Triple Crown" Retrieved October 17, 2016
Due to renovations at Yonkers Raceway, the race was hosted by Hawthorne Race Course in Chicago. It was won by Windsong's Legacy who posted the fastest mile in the 34 years that harness racing had been run at the Hawthorne track.Chicago Tribune August 29, 2004 article by Neil Milbert titled "Windsong's Legacy rolls in Yonkers" Retrieved October 17, 2016
Race locations 1955–2003, & 2006–present: Yonkers Raceway, Yonkers, New York 2004: Hawthorne Race Course (Chicago, Illinois)Chicago Tribune August 26, 2004 article titled "Trotting's Triple Crown takes trip to Hawthorne" Retrieved October 17, 2016 2005: Freehold Raceway (Freehold Borough, New Jersey)USTA August 20, 2005 article by Don Bielak titled "Strong Yankee wins Yonkers Trot" Retrieved October 19, 2016
Race distances From inception in 1955 through 1962, the Yonkers Trot was raced over a distance of 1 1/16 miles (1710 metres).
Records Most wins by a driver 6 – Stanley Dancer (1959, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1975)
Most wins by a trainer 6 – Stanley Dancer (1959, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1975)
Stakes record (1 mile) 1:53 1/5 – Windsong's Legacy (2005, at Hawthorne), Joviality S (2022, at Yonkers)
Stakes record (1 1/16 miles) 2:10 3/5 – Duke Rodney (1961 at Yonkers)
Yonkers Trot winners Year Winner Driver Trainer Owner Time Purse2025Super ChapterDexter DunnMarcus MelanderJeffrey Snyder and Arthur Pronti1:54 3/5$300,0002024Sir PinocchioJason BartlettEd HartCarolyn Atherton1:54 4/5$300,0002023Up Your DeoAke SvanstedtAke SvanstedtAke Svanstedt, Suleyman Yuksel Stables Inc., Van Camp Trotting Corp.1:53 3/5$300,0002022Joviality SBrian SearsMarcus MelanderCourant Inc1:53 1/5$280,904 2021Johan PalemaYannick GingrasAke SvanstedtBender Sweden Inc1:55 0/0$500,0002020No RaceNo RaceNo RaceNo Race0:00 0/0$000,0002019GimpanzeeBrian SearsMarcus MelanderCourant Inc. & SRF Stable1:53 3/5$500,0002018Six PackAke SvanstedtAke SvanstedtSvanstedt, Little E, Stall Kalmar & Lars Berg.1:54 0/0$500,0002017Top Flight AngelBrian SearsJulie MillerLegendary Standardbred Farm1:56 3/5$500,0002016Marion MarauderScott ZeronPaula WellwoodJean Wellwood, Devin Keeler 1:56 1/5$500,0002015HabitatBrian SearsRon Burke Burke Racing Stable, Our Horse Cents Stables, Weaver Bruscemi 1:54 4/5$500,0002014NuncioJohn Campbell Jimmy TakterStall TZ Inc. (Stefan Melander)1:56 0/0$500,0002013DewycolorinthelineRay SchnittkerRay SchnittkerSchnittker, Iannazzo, Gewertz, Baldassare & Deweycheatumnhowe Stb.1:57 3/5$450,0002012ArchangelJim Morrill, Jr.Peter ArrigennaP. Arrigenna, Alan Hainsworth, & Clare Semer1:54 1/5$445,5942011Leader Of The GangDavid Miller Jimmy TakterChristina Takter, Joyce McClelland, R A W Equine, Brixton Medical Ab1:57 2/5$445,4742010On The TabDavid MillerJimmy TakterChristina Takter, John Fielding, Louie Camara, Falkbolagen AB1:58 4/5$573,7702009Judge JoeRonald Pierce Jimmy TakterAtlantic Trot, Inc. (Mario Zuanetti)1:56 1/5$670,7742008NapoleonStéphane BouchardNoel DaleyLarry Thomases, Sidney Korn, John Guarniere, Ken Tucci1:57 1/5$605,8542007Green DayCatello ManziJames D. RaymerTrillium Racing Stable (James & Mary Raymer)1:56 0/0$644,7702006GlidemasterGeorge Brennan Blair BurgessRobert Burgess, Karin-Olsson Burgess, Marsha Cohen, Brittany Farms1:55 4/5$728,9302005Strong YankeeBrian SearsTrond SmedshammerStrong Yankee Stable1:56 1/5$297,8162004Windsong's LegacyTrond SmedshammerTrond SmedshammerAnn Brannvoll, Ted Gewertz, Patricia Spinelli1:53 1/5$391,2002003Sugar TraderCatello ManziJohn BrennanJohn Brennan, John Nordstrom, John Taddeo1:58 3/5$337,2292002Bubba DunnJeff GregoryJeffrey SmithIra Kristel 1:58 4/5$338,6262001Banker HallTrevor RitchieHarold LundeTommy B. Andersson1:59 1/5$340,6142000GoalfishJacqueline IngrassiaFrank IngrassiaJacqueline Ingrassia1:59 0/0$345,4031999CR RenegadeRod AllenCarl E. AllenCarl & Rod Allen Stable 1:58 0/0$273,8911998Muscles YankeeJohn CampbellCharles Sylvester Perretti Farms Inc, Irving G. Liverman & David French1:57 3/5$319,7251997Lord StormontDouglas S. BrownNorman C. JonesStormont Meadows (Eric Baker)1:58 4/5$291,9481996ContinentalvictoryMichel Lachance Ron GurfeinContinentalvictory Stable (D. Frost/H. Gold/R. & J. Silva/Stix Inc./Allister Stb.) 1:56 2/5$334,7001995CR Kay SuzieRod AllenCarl E. AllenCarl & Rod Allen Stable1:56 0/0$276,5641994Bullville VictoryCatello ManziPer ErikssonGraham Mottram, Tom Artandi, Palmer, Per Eriksson1:58 2/5$286,2801993American WinnerRonald PierceMilton SmithRobert Key, & John Glesmann1:56 2/5$313,6991992Mc Cluckey (DH)Michel LachanceJoseph HollowayRobert Suslow1:58 2/5$370,2651992Magic Lobell (DH)Lorenzo BaldiTerje Fossheim1:58 2/51991Crown's InvitationMichel LachanceJerry RiordanLouis P. Guida1:59 3/5$370,3931990Royal TroubadorCarl E. AllenCarl E. AllenCarl & Rod Allen Stable1:58 2/5$424,9651989Valley VictoryBill O'Donnell Steve ElliottArlene Traub1:58 3/5$418,8101988Southern NewtonBerndt O. LindstedtJan JohnsonThor Christiansson2:00 0/0$431,4951987Mack LobellJohn CampbellCharles SylvesterOne More Time Stable (L. P. Guida, et al. & Fair Winds Farm (E. Mullen))1:57 4/5$324,1151986Gunslinger SpurRichard L. StillingsRichard L. StillingsRoy D. Davis2:00 4/5$372,5031985Master WillieJan NordinSören NordinDr. William & Ann Allen 1:59 3/5$440,8401984Baltic SpeedJan NordinSören NordinBaltic Farm2:01 3/5$431,7801983Joie De VieWilliam Gilmour Howard BeissingerMurray Siegel, Crown Stable, P. Nigito & Lana Lobell Farms2:00 3/5$486,1501982Mystic ParkFrank O'MaraFrank O'MaraAllen Wechter, Dr. Robert Lester, Gerald & Irving Wechter2:00 3/5$415,1601981Mo BandyCarl E. AllenCarl E. AllenCarl E. Allen2:02 1/5$284,7011980Nevele ImpulseRichard MacomberRichard MacomberKarl Hubbert2:03 2/5$261,0401979Chiola HanoverJames AllenBill VaughnAlnoff Stable (Michael, Bobby & Allan Chasanoff)2:04 0/0$237,7651978Speedy SomolliHoward BeissingerHoward BeissingerAnn Beissinger, Barbara Mumma, Alan J. Leavitt, William Rosenberg1:59 3/5$233,5941977Green SpeedBilly HaughtonBilly HaughtonMrs. Beverly Lloyds1:59 0/0$239,0001976Steve LobellBilly HaughtonBilly HaughtonMill Island Stable (Richard Herman & Murray Siegel)2:01 4/5$202,0041975Surefire HanoverStanley DancerStanley DancerRachel L. Dancer & Rose Hild Breeding Farm.2:03 0/0$200,0001974Spitfire HanoverDelvin MillerDelvin MillerDelvin Miller2:05 2/5$125,8211973TamerlaneCharles W. ClarkCharles W. ClarkBill & Madeline Shehan2:04 4/5$93,2421972Super BowlStanley DancerStanley DancerRachel L. Dancer & Rose Hild Breeding Farm2:02 0/0$93,0971971Quick PrideStanley DancerStanley DancerStanley & Rachel Dancer/Raymond Gault/Blue Chip Farms/Hilda Silverstein 2:02 4/5$110,7951970Victory StarVernon DancerVernon DancerFury Stable (Newman Pearsall)2:03 4/5$106,7701969Lindy's PrideHoward BeissingerHoward BeissingerLindy Farms, Inc.2:03 0/0$100,0001968Nevele PrideStanley DancerStanley DancerNevele Acres & Louis Resnick2:03 3/5$150,0001967PompHarry PownallHarry PownallArden Homestead Stable (E. Roland Harriman & Elbridge T. Gerry, Sr.)2:04 4/5$150,0001966PolarisGeorge SholtyGeorge SholtyLivio Battista2:06 0/0$123,3751965Noble VictoryStanley DancerStanley DancerKenneth D. Owen 2:02 0/0$122,2361964AyresJohn F. Simpson, Sr.John F. Simpson, Sr.Charlotte Sheppard2:01 3/5$116,6911963Speedy ScotRalph N. BaldwinRalph N. BaldwinCastleton Farm2:03 3/5$135,1271962A.C.'s VikingSanders RusselsSanders RusselsMr. & Mrs. Andrew C. Petersen2:10 4/5$105,4221961Duke RodneyEdward T. WheelerEdward T. WheelerPatrick & Elisabeth DiGennaro2:10 3/5$100,3301960Duke of DecaturDelvin MillerDelvin MillerWalter T. Candler 2:13 3/5$74,2651959John A. HanoverStanley DancerStanley DancerDr. Nicholas & Angela Derrico2:11 0/0$56,3971958Spunky HanoverHoward CamperRobert CamperFiesta Farm (Harold Large)2:13 3/5$56,1571957Hoot SongRalph N. BaldwinRalph N. BaldwinTwo Gaits Farm (Leo C. McNamara)2:16 1/5$57,8121956Add HanoverJohn F. Simpson Sr.John F. Simpson, Sr.A. C. Mudge2:12 4/5$77,1701955Scott FrostJoe O'Brien Joe O'BrienS. A. Camp Farms2:12 0/0$73,840
References
External links Yonkers Raceway